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“As a leader of a city as diverse as New York City, with 8 million people, as the largest Jewish population in the country, he should denounce it,” said Gillibrand. -- The post Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand calls on Zohran Mamdani to denounce...Thursday, July 3, 2025 from Jewish Telegraphic Agency » United States
Wednesday’s ruling overturns a previous district court ruling blocking the family’s deportation. -- The post Court says family of Boulder firebomber can be deported appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency .Monday, June 30, 2025 from Democracy Now!
Senate lawmakers are debating President Trump’s 940-page so-called big, beautiful bill as Republicans race to meet a Trump-imposed July 4 deadline and are set to vote on key amendments. Senate Republicans have deepened the cuts to...GOP Budget Bill Slashes Medicaid for Millions, Cuts Taxes for the Rich, Funds ICE at Historic Levels
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As we broadcast, the House was soon set to vote on the so-called big, beautiful bill before the July 4 deadline imposed by President Trump. Should the House pass the legislation, the bill would be sent to Trump’s desk to be signed...Acting Columbia president Claire Shipman apologizes for texts suggesting removal of a Jewish trustee
Thursday, July 3, 2025 from Jewish Telegraphic Agency » United States
“The things I said in a moment of frustration and stress were wrong. They do not reflect how I feel,” Shipman said. -- The post Acting Columbia president Claire Shipman apologizes for texts suggesting removal of a Jewish trustee appeared...Friday, July 4, 2025 from Jewish Telegraphic Agency » United States
The poll also found that Mamdani would win if the mayoral election were held today. -- The post Most NYers deterred by Zohran Mamdani’s BDS support, but 1 in 3 see it as a boon, poll shows appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency .Wednesday, July 2, 2025 from Jewish Telegraphic Agency » United States
The lawyer turned Jewish professional has led the country's largest Jewish federation through a series of crises, bracketed by two wars in Gaza. -- The post Eric S. Goldstein to step down as CEO of UJA-Federation of New York appeared...Friday, June 27, 2025 from Democracy Now!
The Supreme Court has sided with South Carolina’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood. Lower court rulings allowed Medicaid patients to sue over the state’s restrictions on Medicaid funding for their healthcare clinics,...Friday, June 27, 2025 from Democracy Now!
Over 100 days have passed since the Trump administration’s unprecedented removal of more than 230 immigrants to El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison CECOT . They were removed without any due process in the United States....Friday, June 27, 2025 from Democracy Now!
Israel Continues Deadly Attacks on Gaza Aid Sites as 17,000 Palestinian Children Suffer Malnutrition, Senate Democrats Question Trump’s Claim of “Obliterated” Iran Nuclear Sites, U.S. and China Agree to...Monday, June 30, 2025 from Jewish Telegraphic Agency » United States
The presumptive Democratic mayoral candidate in New York is now the face of a progessive group that accuses Israel of genocide and backs BDS. -- The post Zohran Mamdani belongs to the Democratic Socialists of America, a leading critic of...Monday, June 30, 2025 from Democracy Now!
We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, where activists are shining a light on Morocco’s brutal occupation of Western Sahara and its Indigenous people, the Sahrawi. The Sahrawi journalist and activist Asria Mohamed speaks..."Trying to Find Food Is a Death Sentence": Palestinian Writer Muhammad Shehada on Gaza Aid Massacres
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting the United States next week to meet with President Donald Trump and other top officials in the U.S. administration, supposedly to “capitalize on the success” of the 12-day...Monday, June 30, 2025 from Democracy Now!
Tens of Thousands Flee Gaza City as Israel Issues New Forced Evacuation Orders , Haaretz: Israeli Forces Ordered to Fire on Unarmed Crowds Seeking Food, Netanyahu Corruption Trial Further Delayed as Trump Calls for Charges to Be Thrown...Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Jewish Telegraphic Agency » United States
Executives, ahead of a planned spinoff, say the ice cream maker wasn’t sharing audit documents. -- The post Report: Unilever cuts funding for Ben & Jerry’s foundation as it audits giving to progressive and pro-Palestinian causes...Monday, June 30, 2025 from Jewish Telegraphic Agency » United States
Schumer has been gentle with a rising Democratic political star who has said things about Israel that the Jewish senator has long denounced. -- The post Chuck Schumer, ‘guardian’ of Israel, has a big political dilemma named...Friday, July 4, 2025 from Democracy Now!
In our July Fourth special broadcast, we revisit our interview with longtime technology reporter Karen Hao, author of the new book Empire of AI , which unveils the accruing political and economic power of AI companies — especially Sam...Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Jewish Telegraphic Agency » United States
The politicians were asked to respond to NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s interpretation of a popular pro-Palestinian slogan. -- The post Schumer and other Senate Democrats condemn the phrase ‘globalize the intifada’ appeared first...GOP Budget Bill Would Make ICE "Largest Federal Law Enforcement Agency in the History of the Nation"
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The budget bill just passed by the Senate provides more than $170 billion in new funding for immigration enforcement and detention. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, who worked on an analysis published by the American Immigration Council, says the..."What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?": James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass's Historic Speech
Friday, July 4, 2025 from Democracy Now!
We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, Douglass gave one of his...Thursday, July 3, 2025 from Jewish Telegraphic Agency » United States
Micah Lasher said he understood NYC Jews’ fears when he endorsed the fierce Israel critic two days after meeting with local rabbis. -- The post A betrayal or politics as usual? A state rep’s endorsement of Zohran Mamdani roils...